Chapter One Hundred and Twelve: Ambush

  "Lao Yun, how do you know that Liu Quan didn't choose this place as the final battlefield?" Xiao Yang smiled and said, "In my opinion, Liu Quan's Chi Hu Army is likely waiting for us up ahead. But what of it?"

  Pointing to the snow-covered mountains and forests by the roadside, Xiao Yang said with a heroic tone: "In the face of absolute strength, all conspiracies are useless. We now have overwhelming power, no matter what tricks Liu Quan uses, the outcome of failure will not change!"

  "The general is right." Another of the ten husbands, Chen Song, smiled and said, "With the general's tiger-shaped fist eighth heavy sense ability, the Red Tiger Army can't ambush us at all. And if we fight head-on, the Red Tiger Army is not our opponent at all. Although this place has high mountains and dense forests, the red tiger in the dense forest is more agile than the black horse, but as long as we advance along the main road and don't pay attention to the movements in the mountains and forests, the Red Tiger Army can't do anything about us."

  "Haha!" Xiao Yang burst out laughing, "If Liu Quan is defending Jintai City, there's still a chance for him to escape back to Kunyu Sect. But if he dares to come here, then among the seven sons and two daughters of Liu Po Tian, only four sons and two daughters will be left after this battle!"

  "But, sir, our strength may not necessarily have an absolute advantage." Yun Zhijie frowned and said, "Didn't Liu Yu lead a hundred Red Tiger soldiers to reinforce us earlier? Liu Quan may have other reinforcements too."

  "The matter of Liu Yu is an unexpected one. The details are already stated in the military order I received, but it's a secret and I'm not at liberty to tell you. Besides, there's some news that can be made public now."

  Xiao Yang glanced at the various leaders around him and laughed loudly: "This time, the sect's action is not just targeting Jintai County! To the left of Jintai County is Guiling County, to the right is Cangye County, both are currently in a fierce battle. This time, our Sect Master has made up his mind to severely punish Kunyu Sect. We must take down these three counties!"

  "The land of three counties!" Chen Song laughed loudly, "This will make Liu Potian so angry that he'll spit blood!"

  "Haha, several sons died in a row, and a large piece of territory was lost. The old man wouldn't vomit blood if he didn't!" Xiao Yang laughed and said, "I made a bet with two other hundred officials for 10,000 military merits to see who can take down the county city of Kunyu Sect first. So everyone should work harder for me. Whoever doesn't work hard, be careful that I'll squeeze his eggs to explode!"

  "Haha!" A group of men all burst out laughing.

  Xiao Yang and others' words, Lin Feng just quietly listened. Such discussions, he naturally had no right to interrupt.

  He is no longer a commander but an ordinary knight. He does not need to bear the responsibility of a commander, just needs to follow orders.

  "I'd love to see Liu Quan have the guts to come here." Xiao Yang Zhang said with a smile, "If Liu Quan comes, Chu Xuehan will definitely show up too. I've heard she's the acknowledged number one beauty of the Kunyu Sect, maybe this time I'll even get a chance to get close to her, heh heh!"

  A group of old soldiers burst out laughing, completely disregarding Kun Yu Zong and Chi Hu Jun.

  "Brothers, hurry up! Tonight, we'll be camping at Wohu City. I'll treat you to a drink, old man!" Xiang Yang yelled back.

  "Yes! Sir!" Everyone shouted in unison.

  For the upcoming battle, Xiao Yang was extremely confident.

  The black horse accelerated its speed and galloped rapidly along the mountain path.

  Suddenly, a red shadow flashed by on the distant mountain ridge.

  "Red Tiger Army!" Xiao Yang's eyes lit up.

  "We're still dozens of miles away from Wohu City, yet the scouts of the Red Tiger Army have appeared here! It seems that Liuquan is indeed preparing to engage in a battle with us here!" Chen Song laughed.

  "Alas!" Xiao Yang pretended to be heartbroken and furrowed his brow, "Liu Po Tian had seven sons and two daughters. The males were all lustful demons, the females were all prostitutes, only Liu Quan was renowned for being a good person, known as a virtuous gentleman. Such a good person died at my hands today, it's really somewhat unbearable!"

  Chen Song laughed and said, "Old Master Liu is known as a kind and honest gentleman, but he actually hooked up with his own aunt, making Liu Po Tian's head green with envy, haha!"

  "Haha, that's true! This kid hooked up with his own father's woman, he's not a good egg either!" Xiao Yang also burst out laughing, "Looks like I don't need to show him any mercy now!"

  "All you need to do is show some mercy to your aunt, Chu Xuefang!" Chen Song said with a smile.

  Xiao Yang burst out laughing and shouted in a deep voice: "Brothers, get ready! Be prepared to fight at any time!"

  One hundred heavy cavalrymen in black armor, all grasping their war spears tightly.

  Everyone's perceptual ability has been elevated to its limit, feeling the energy fluctuations in the surrounding mountains and forests.

  No one would mind a possible ambush by the Red Tiger Army. After all, their own strongmen could easily sense the location of the enemy's strongmen.

  Lin Feng tightly grasped his spear gun, his eyes becoming extremely bright, and his perception ability also reached its limit.

  Through this period of Xingyiquan practice, combined with the practice of Canglangsanlian, Lin Feng's perception ability has been further enhanced, far exceeding the limits of a seventh-level strong practitioner of Huxingquan. Even the slightest energy fluctuations in the surrounding mountains and forests can be clearly felt by him.

  But all he could feel was some ordinary small beasts' energy fluctuations, and there was no sign of a strong person.

  The Red Tiger Army knights who had just appeared on the distant mountain ridge, however, were still beyond his range of perception. His perceptual abilities had yet to reach a level that transcended visual range.

  After proceeding for a short while and turning over the mountain pass, a long slope appeared in front of them.

  The slope is flat and wide, with a mountain wall on one side and a cliff on the other. Due to the heavy snowfall in recent days and extremely low temperatures, the slope is covered with thick ice and snow, frozen by the cold wind into a smooth mirror-like surface.

  If it were an ordinary warhorse, it would be impossible to pass through on such a road surface. However, for the black mane horse with its exotic beast bloodline, although it couldn't gallop at full strength, passing through was still not a problem.

  As he gazed out at the long slope, a faint sense of unease suddenly rose up in Lin Feng's heart.

  "This is indeed a good place!" Xiao Yang exclaimed, pointing at the slope in front of him. "If I were Liu Quan, I wouldn't need to set up any ambushes. I'd just openly pile everyone here and set up dozens of bed crossbows to defend this place to the death. Although it would still be a defeat, at least we could hold out for a while."

  Everyone laughed, if it still fails, what's the point of persisting?

  Every perception of the decurion can reach the end of the snowy slope. At the end, a snow forest blocked the mountain road, and there was no energy fluctuation in the dense forest.

  "Let's go!" Xiao Yang slowed down his horse and galloped towards the snowy slope first.

  "Boss!" Lin Feng couldn't help but say.

  "Hmm?" Xiao Yang furrowed his brow.

  "Shouldn't we send someone up first to scout it out? This terrain is really too dangerous!" Lin Feng said.

  "Want to take a look? Haha!" Xiao Yang laughed, "Lao Yun, what do you think?"

  "I also agree with Lin Feng's view, it's better to send someone to investigate." Yun Zhiya nodded and said.

  "What the hell, Old Yun, have you gone stupid?" Xiao Yang cursed with a smile. "Even the little ones from the fourth level of Hu Xing Quan know that there's no hair behind the snowy slope. You want to go and investigate? Fine, take your people and go take a look, hurry up and come back, damn it!"

  "Follow me!" Yun Zhongya shouted loudly, urging his black horse to gallop out quickly.

  The members of the Falcon Team urged their war horses to rush up quickly along the slope. Xiao Yang also waved his hand, ordering the remaining Xuanjia Heavy Cavalry to stop.

  After all, Yun Zhiya was his subordinate, although he found it laughable, but for Yun Zhiya, he still had to show enough respect.

  The slope is about a few miles long and has a width of over ten zhang, and it's surprisingly flat. However, under the snow, it's full of hard ice, extremely slippery.

  The black horse's iron hooves stepped on the ice and snow, leaving deep footprints inside. Walking on it didn't pose any problem, but despite galloping at full speed, the velocity was still reduced to a third of normal.

  Lin Feng tightly grasped his war spear, the unease in his heart growing stronger. However, within his perception range, there were no energy fluctuations.

  Quiet!

  This area is really too quiet!

  There is no energy fluctuation of a human strongman, nor is there an energy fluctuation of even the smallest representative beast.

  This is undoubtedly an extremely strange thing!

  The falcon squad rushed up the slope and entered that snowy forest. Yun Jie looked around, still didn't find any problem.

  "Lin Feng, what have you discovered?" Yun Zhiya asked with a frown.

  The other members of the Falcon Team also looked at Lin Feng.

  "No, it's just a bit too quiet!" Lin Feng shook his head.

  "Quiet? Hehe, it's indeed too quiet! But that doesn't necessarily mean anything."

  Yun Zhiya let out a sigh of relief and smiled, "Just now I saw the scouts of the Red Tiger Army, it's clear that this area must have the Red Tiger Army, and the birds and beasts fleeing is normal. We will be fighting the Red Tiger Army outside of Wohu City, everyone knows that. However, at least for now, we can confirm that the Red Tiger Army has not set up an ambush on this excellent snowy slope."

  "I still think there's a problem." Lin Feng shook his head.

  "If there's a problem, let's search ahead again!" Yun Zhiya said, "I appreciate your approach, if it were Lord Lin Heng back then, he would definitely be cautious like this. Lin Feng, you have the potential to become a good commander."

  "Me?" Lin Feng smiled wryly in his heart, "I just have a bit of intuition, that's all."

  A good commander? Lin Feng clearly knew that he was absolutely not one now. A good commander needs to be decisive and ruthless, willing to sacrifice everything for the goal.

  Yun Zhiya is a good commander, but Lin Feng absolutely isn't. At least not now.

  "Lao Yun, how are you? Are you done yet? What the hell are you dawdling about?" Xiao Yang's voice echoed from below the slope.

  "Alright, there's no problem here. Let's move forward a bit further and you can come up!" Yun Zhiya shouted loudly.

  "This is the end of the sky!" Xiao Yang shook his head, "Let's go, brothers!"

  Ninety heavy cavalrymen in black armor advanced slowly along the ice slope, while the Hawk Squad continued to move forward along the main road.

  …………

  As the sound of horseshoes on the roof gradually faded away, Liu Quan tightly grasped the hilt of his war spear and gently patted the bottom of Chi Hu to comfort him.

  He was in a snow cave half-buried underground. Beside him were ten Red Tiger Army knights.

  And there were several such snow caves at the end of the slope.

  All of Jintai City's Red Tiger Troops are now here, hidden at the end of this snowy slope.

  On both sides of the cliff, a large number of powerful warriors were also hiding in snow caves, guarding the bed crossbows in front of them.

  On the crossbow's frame, a giant arrow coated with poisonous cold iron has been placed.

  Hundreds of people are hiding under the snow, but the heavy cavalry in black armor has not discovered them yet!

  "The Snow Lotus's specially prepared Quieting Pill is indeed effective! After taking it, I can actually completely calm my breath, and even Xiao Yang couldn't detect anything."

  "It's just a pity that Cloudy Slope and these few people were the first to climb up the slope, which is quite troublesome."

  "But... this battle, we must win!"